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United Commercial Travelers Booster Meeting

Date: 02 04 1956
Description: Discussing the program at the state meeting of the United Commercial Travelers insurance company are, left to right: Norval Anderson, Madison; La Verne Mar...
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Medicare Forum

Date: 06 1992
Description: During the 1990s Congressman David R. Obey, a leading proponent of health care reform, held numerous forums on the subject in his northern Wisconsin distri...
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Happy Birthday Medicare

Date: 07 29 1995
Description: At a celebration for the 30th anniversary of Medicare, Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey and guests blow out the candles on a cake.
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Medicare Reform

Date: 1995
Description: Wisconsin congressmen (left to right) Gerald Kleczka, David R. Obey, and Thomas Barrett listening to citizen opinions on Medicare reform at a forum.
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Ron Bernhard Family

Date: 01 1987
Description: "The Ron Bernhard family, seated, who lost their young daughter, received aid from AAL Insurance of Appleton. Representatives are in back."
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Wisconsin Title Association Wives Program

Date: 09 21 1956
Description: The luncheon speaker at the Wisconsin Title Association Wives program was Lynn Honeck, Madison (far right). The topic was "Gracious Living." Seated in the ...
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Wisconsin Title Association Wives Program

Date: 09 21 1956
Description: The activities at the Wisconsin Title Association Wives Program included a bus tour of Madison, a banquet, and a guided tour of the Wisconsin State Capitol...
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Wisconsin Title Association Wives Program

Date: 09 21 1956
Description: Hostesses for the women's activities at the Wisconsin Title Association Wives Program were wives of members of Region 1 of the association. Other luncheon ...
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Insurance Women of Madison Bosses' Night Committee

Date: 01 22 1957
Description: The members of the committee for the annual Bosses' Night of the Insurance Women of Madison meet to make arrangements. Seated are Miss Maida Dunn; Miss Hel...
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Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company Building #894

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Description: Elevated stereograph of the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company Building on Broadway Street and Wisconsin Avenue. Horses and carriages are on the un...
Photograph

Building Dedication

Date: 11 15 1956
Description: Four men pose for a portrait in an office. Second from the left, standing, is Bruce Thomas. A law degree for Arthur A. McLeod hangs on the wall.
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WCOF Installation

Date: 06 11 1958
Description: View of an installation ceremony at Our Lady Queen of Peace Court No. 597, Women's Catholic Order of Foresters. Seated left to right are Angeline VanDe Wal...
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Street Scene

Date: 1929
Description: View down street at intersection of commercial buildings on both sides. On the left is a drug store/soda fountain, restaurant and a cafe. On the right is a...
Map or Atlas

Marinette Wisconsin

Date: 1912
Description: Shows wards, sections, plat additions, selected buildings, churches, schools, and manufacturing companies. "We have revised this map from H. McCallum’s 189...
Historical Essay

Everest, David Clark (1882-1955)

Businessman and Historical Society President
Biography of Wisconsin businessman and president of the Wisconsin Historical Society David Clark Everest.
Historical Essay

Governor Tommy Thompson and Welfare Reform

Wisconsin Works, BadgerCare, Pathways to Independence
Learn about Tommy Thompson's welfare legislation that became a national model for state-supported aid to low-income families and disabled people.
Historical Essay

Tommy Thompson and the Conservative Revolution

Read about Governor Tommy Thompson's efforts to revitalize Wisconsin's economy and reform the state's welfare programs in the 1980s and 1990s.
Photograph

Bank and Post Office

Date: 1911
Description: View from street towards a building housing the post office and bank, which are on the main floor at the top of a flight of steps. A datestone above one of...
Document

Letter from H.L. Wollenberg

Date: 12 01 1943
Description: A letter to Mr. H.M. Bower of Employers Mutual Liability Insurance written by H.L. Wollenberg.
Map or Atlas

Timber and Farming Lands Map

Date: 1908
Description: Title at top: "G.F. Sanborn Company Timber and Farming Lands." Map shows acreages, roads, railroads, and swamps in parts of Vilas and Oneida counties.

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